ICYMI: GOP bets Carrie Buck and Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ will win battleground Nevada House seat
In case you missed it, a new report details how State Senator Carrie Buck’s winning record, Nevada’s rightward shift, and President Trump’s popular No Tax on Tips policy are putting career politician Dina Titus on a collision course with retirement.
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GOP bets Carrie Buck and Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ will win battleground Nevada House seat
The Washington Examiner
By Hailey Bullis
Published August 6, 2026
President Donald Trump’s visit to Nevada on Wednesday came as Republicans bet that state Sen. Carrie Buck and the president’s signature “no tax on tips” policy can help them unseat Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) and expand their House majority.
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National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Christian Martinez said in a statement that “after more than 15 years in Congress, career politician Dina Titus has no record of results, no accomplishments to run on, and no vision for Nevada’s future,” and that Buck is “building the campaign to finally send her into retirement.”
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Titus, meanwhile, has failed to break more than 52% in her two most recent reelection wins in 2022 and 2024. GOP officials are bullish that Buck, a former educator who represents a purple state senate district covering much of the seat, can win in 2026.
GOP strategist Jeremy Hughes told the Washington Examiner that he believes Buck’s ability to win in Democratic terrain means Titus’s “incumbency advantage is less than it’s ever been.”
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Pointing to her 2020 state senate run, Hughes said Buck has been able to win a swing senate district despite Democrats “targeting her pretty heavily.” The seat had been held by Democrats for eight years prior.
In 2024, Buck was reelected to the state senate and even outperformed Trump as well as the congressional and Senate Republican nominees that cycle. Buck ran ahead of Trump by 2 points, the GOP congressional candidate by 5 points, and Senate nominee Sam Brown by 6 points.
Buck told the Washington Examiner in an interview that her political success stemmed from being an “independent thinker.”
“I’ve served and breathed life into this community for 30 years,” she said. “I’ve been delivering results for Nevadans on the ground in the trenches every day in and day out, and so I’d like to do that for them in D.C., and I have a way of winning over independents, nonpartisans.”
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“I want to make things easier for Nevadans,” Buck told the Washington Examiner. “I want more money in Nevadans’ pockets.”
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